B.L. Davenport

"Dix I ain't seen you since ya was 16 and I wasn't back yet from Nashville when you got here and things have been just a might excitin' around here fer me ta notice such things. BL said still looking at the ring her head snapped up though just in time to see Doc come out of the courthouse also hearing Lori's voice raised again. "Anybody wanna guess what Doc was over t'the jail for?" she asked the others with an ironic look on her face. LB frowned at her and pointed his finger. "Don't you start today!" BL looked at LB and the others and said sweetly "If he had kept his barn door closed and she'd kept her clothes on they wouldn't be in this mess......" Luke swallowed hard before looking to her and saying "Lori I'm sorry if I had kept my pants zipped ya wouldn't be going through this."

It was when she took the top off the small diamond caught BL's attention for the first time. BL then took hold of Dixie's hand examining the ring closely it looked familiar at first glance. "You still wearing Luke's ring I see...I would have thought after all that's happened it'd be swimming at the bottom of hounddog lake by now." BL wasn't dumb she knew just by the fact that after all this Dixie hadn't give the ring a fling into the houndog lake that she had still believed somewhere deep down Luke loved her and she still loved him even if she had been madder than an old wet hen. She opened her own beer taking a long swig trying to relax it had been one heckuva day that was for sure and it wasn't even time for the reunion yet or for Lori to get out of jail so she figured the excitement wasn't over yet, she knew Lori'd be gunning for her hide the minute that cell door was opened but she wasn't scared.

Luke sighed frustrated these dang Davenport women could be the stubbornest, orneriest women on earth and he didn't know how his cousin Konrad had managed to live out at Cooter's farm under the same roof as one then went and married her. Dixie walked over to the garage and everyone looked to her as BL spoke up after regaining her balance in the desk chair, she'd fallen asleep sitting there her elbow propped on the desk and her head in her hand and when Dixie had let out her YEEHAW. "Well what's got you so giddy all the sudden cousin?" Dixie looked at them all looking at her waiting for an answer. Smiling she simply answerd. "Oh nothin' things just are looking better that's all." fact was if Lori was pregnant it was Luke's child but he loved her and only her not Lori. He still hoped they'd get married someday too. She had the same hope she'd seen how happy a good marriage could be in BL's marriage since she'd been home and had been living under the same roof truth was until now she hadn't been too thrilled though about going home and having what seemed like a perfect marriage rubbed under her nose. Enos continued on with his patrol when Dixie changed her mind about the ride home and had went to the jail then back over to the garage. He had heard her yell and grinned his goofy grin.

BL grabbed the phone being the closest one to it when it rang "Hazzard Garage BL speaking." "Miss Lori Davenport would like to speak with Miss Dixie Davenport immediately." Little replied in his gruff way. "I'll give her the message BL said and hung up the phone then got up and went to look for Dixie. "Hey Dix, Lori wants you over at the jail again to talk about somethin"....

Luke looked over at Lori when she layed down he had expected her to tear into him again once her family was gone. She wasn't going to it seemed so he put his arm over his eyes and closed them with a heavy sigh he wished this would all be over soon but it wouldn't be even close to over until they knew for sure whether Lori was pregnant or not. Luther and Bobbie lee strolled back over to the garage where the others were waiting BL still in the chair with BB standing guard. The others scattered around the garage in various places.

Luther nodded he would indeed make good on that promise to Luke Back at the garage the 'boys' were keeping an eye on BL Jeeter and LB had deposited her in the chair at the desk LB giving her a look that dared her to move. B.B. had been appointed head body guard and he was sitting part way on the corner of the desk to make sure his younger cousin stayed put. Jeeter was leaning against the front of a car that was parked in the garage still processing everything that had been said over at the jail.

Finally tired of pulling BL along LB and Jeeter had just simply picked her up one taking her legs the other her upper body carrying her from the courhouse still ranting. "LET GOA ME YOU TWO BEFORE I KNOCK YA BLOCKS OFF!!" They didn't put her down though just kept right on carrying her across the square back toward the garage. "Cool it BL you've caused enough trouble today." LB told her firmly holding tight. Sheriff Little glared at Enos he'd had just about enough of all this and if anyone of these trouble makers came in here again and started something he had half a mind to lock them up for disturbing the peace.

Cooter nodded answer the question for his father but didn't say anything he just turned and went upstairs he couldn't stand there and look at Luke anymore or he'd do more than throw shoes at him. BB followed leaving LB to bring up the rear and get BL out of there before she got herself into big trouble. "C'mon sis let's go" LB said tugging on BL's arm toward the stairs. BL however wasn't ready to go just yet she wrenched her arm free of LB's hold and said. "Yup you shore did Lucas, boy when you mess up you believe in going whole hog doncha?" Then she looked at Lori and delivered one final blow to her cousin "But then it take TWO to do what ya'll did I should know I'm happily married. And this little country girl know's how to rock her man's world." she smirked a little.

BL once again shot off her mouth refusing to leave as Sheriff Little had requested she was on a roll. "Ya never cared before why wouldja care now?" Bobbie Lee glanced at her and hung his head she was right. Then he looked at Luke and asked the question Luke dreaded most. "Luke what are your intentions toward Lori if there is a child?" Luke swallowed and looked Bobbie Lee in the eye what he was about to say was going to hurt Lori but it was a realization he'd come to when Dixie had peeled out earlier. "I will take care of the child but..." he gave Lori an apologetic look before continuing "....sorry Lor I love Dixie I have for a long time and always will I just lost sight of that when I thought she'd been with Ernie that night and I was drunk and didn't know what I was doing so went and did something stupid." Lori......

BL dodged the first shoe but the second one caught her right square in the stomach, she was tough though and caught it like a football not even winded by the impact. "HA HA ya gotta do better than that cousin." Luke had backed up against the wall in the corner when the other Davenports scattered the last thing he wanted was to be in the line of Lori's fire if she managed to get hold of BL. Lori glared at BL looking around for something else to throw at her spiteful cousin. Dixie looked at BL and stated calmly although she was anything but calm on the inside. "that was a low blow cuz."

BL looked back at them all waiting for some kind of reaction from the rest the only one who had said anything had been Dixie. The look on Dixie's face was one of hurt and shock she had meant for it to be a happy announcement but instead she'd blurted it out to hurt Lori mostly but in doing so she had hurt Dixie too. Lori was turning several shades of red again BL's little announcement had cut her to the quick. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have blurted that out like that." BL apologized. Luther was stunned for a split second then found his tongue forgetting about the situation with Luke and Lori for the moment he hugged BL tightly and kissed the top of her head. "Congratulations cupcake" he said using his pet name for her. Next thing she knew BB had her lifted up off the ground the same way he had when she arrived hugging her for all she was worth.

(Note: I am borrowing the character Konrad Duke thanks to his creator for the loan. I have altered their usual relationship with each other to fit this story.) BL opened her mouth to speak again getting another glare from Luther and LB but she didn't let that stop her and again she said this time loud enough for Lori and Luke both to hear. "Looks like me and Beth was the only ones to find a Duke man that could be loyal." She was speaking of her husband Konrad Duke which was Luke's cousin the same age as herself,Lori and Luke. He was also the brother of Daisy but had been raised in Atlanta by an aunt on their mother's side but had moved to Hazzard two years ago. Bo was already married to Beth and they lived with Daisy and Luke with Uncle Jesse so rather than to add another mouth to feed Konrad had come to the Davenport farm looking for room and board which he'd been given in the guestroom and that had lead to him and BL getting married about 6 months ago.

Lori looked down the back to Bobbie Lee then the other two 'kids' "And they didn't?" she spat vehmently. LB had removed his hand by now from BL's mouth and she mumbled "How's now any different from when she was 5 where getting into trouble is concerned?" BB looked at BL in shock he couldn't believe she was being more spiteful than usual where Lori was concerned. Luther glared at BL and hissed in her ear having been standing close enough to hear her muttering. "That'll be enough outta you young lady." BL bit her lip and.......

Dixie looked to her and asked "Lori ya alright?" They might be at odds right now but she didn't want to see her cousin in physical pain or sick. BL had opened her mouth to say something smart only to have LB's hand clamp over it when Lori spotted Bobby Lee and then his wife. "So where'd you pick HER up?" Lori spat at her father gritting her teeth through the sharp pain. Luke sat on his bunk watching it all take place he wanted to ask Lori was she ok but figured he'd be better off if he kept his mouth shut at the moment considering he was outnumbered by Davenports 7 to one that weren't behind bars.

Luke looked to her and laughed saying "Not a chance Lor if I give it back you'll just chunk it at me again." With those laughing words flung at her Lori reached down took off her other shoe and did indeed chunk it at him. "IF I COULD GET MY HANDS ON YOU I'D DO MORE THAN THROW SHOES!!!" Lori screamed. BL stopped short almost colliding into BB when Bobbie Lee stopped they all just stood there for a few minutes quiet as mice listening to Lori rant downstairs. "Boy Howdy I wouldn't wanna be ole Lukas if she manages to get a hand on him." BB commented whistling low it sure sounded like little Lori was on the warpath. "Well ya'll can all stand here all day if you want to I'm going to get a front row seat for this one." BL chortled as she bounded toward the stairs this was too good to miss.

Luke looked to Lori and opened his mouth to say something but he didn't know what to say so just shut it again. BL idly wondered if Lori had strangled Luke with her bare hands or if she'd found something to use as a weapon by the sounds of that scream she'd used her bare hands to kill him.

Dixie nodded, not wanting to go not ever but knew Cooter was right so sighing heavily she trudged back over to the wrecker and climbed in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the meantime Bobbie Lee was still speeding toward town and the garage he just hoped the rest were as civil and Cooter had been but he wasn't holding his breath on that happening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lori looked to Luke who looked back to her saying "I'm sorry Lori this has got way out of hand I didn't mean for anybody to find out not this way." Lori shrugged she couldn't care less at the moment feeling too sick to care. She just hoped her Dad didn't come over and start nothin' when he got to town she wasn't in the mood for it. BL stood there giving LB a look that if looks could kill he'd surely drop to the ground about now. "OH SURE IT'LL ALL BE JUST HUNKY DOREY.....lord what a reunion this is gonna be. One cousin pregnant by another cousin's love of her life. The black sheep of the family's comin too......oh yeah this is gonna be a dandy reunion more like a war zone." B.B. could see that BL was more than a little ticked like the rest of them and LB was having problems getting her to calm down and if she kept shouting like that the whole county would know what was going on without gossip being spread. "Now BL yer brother's right it'll all be alright so why doncha just calm down darlin'." BL huffed folding her arms leaning against the garage door looking out at the town square as she leaned against the garage door frame. As she stood there looking she saw a black with white stripes Dodge Charger coming in she didn't recognize the car it wasn't from around there. She may not have recognized the car but as soon as it pulled up at the garage and the driver got out she did. "Oh great Bobbie Lee's here" Bobbie Lee got out and went around to the other side of the car helping the woman out then walked over to where BL stood. "Howdy BL" he greeted his neice but from the look on her face he could already tell she was less than happy to see him. "Bobbie Lee" BL acknowledged quietly and politely although it was somewhat forced......

Artie Bender WHOGG Hazzard Marsh

Luke and Lori both hung their heads shamefully it was true Jesse had taught them both better than not to use protection. Luke swallowed hard he knew it was more his fault than Lori's if he hadn't been drunk he wouldn't have done anything with her he now realized that after watching Dixie peel out the way she had earlier. "I'm sorry Uncle Jesse" Luke apologized quietly Uncle Jesse raised his head to look at the two young people behind the bars and shook his head sadly. "Sorry ain't gonna change things Luke, it won't keep Lori from being with child and it won't mend Dixie's broken heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the meantime back at the ranch Daisy had went to find Dixie and 'distract' her as best she could. Finding the other woman on the porch Daisy moved beside her and put an arm around her shoulders. "Hey Dix let's pack a picnic get Beth and go swimmin' just us girls like we used to." Dixie shook her head though she wasn't in the mood all she could think about was what she had heard in the jail. "C'mon Honey it'll do ya good to get out for a while." Dixie thought about it and said............. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cooter walked out of the garage and looked at the jail "Who's gonna tell her?" The other three Davenport cousins had followed him out and was following his gaze across at the jail none of them relishing the idea of telling Lori that Bobbie Lee was coming to the reunion she wasn't going to take it well most likely on top of everything else that had gone on. "I'll tell her" BL piped up just a little too gleefully she was enjoying all this way too much and while she didn't like the way her Uncle Bobbie Lee had always treated Lori the fact was the two girls didn't always get along most of the time it was like oil and water between them. L.B. stared at B.L. with a frown and finally said. "Sis you got a mean streak a mile wide." "I'm not being mean" BL countered LB she then shrugged and said "Somebody's got to tell her and none of you three wants to do ya?" Cooter shook his head he sure as heck didn't want to be the one to tell Lori and from the look on B.B.'s face he didn't either so that left Luther and BL to do the dirty work.........

BL's brow creased there was something they weren't telling her "Taking her mind off what things?" L.B. put his hand on B.L's shoulder and sighed "Welp sis it's a long sorted tale...Ya see...." Cooter jumped in then he had been there right from the start "Dixie came back hopin to find out if Luke still had feelin's for her. Well Lori has apparently liked Luke fer a long time and she decided ta play her hand. So in a nut shell Dix and Lori's been competin' for Luke's attention then Luke got arrested for a fight at the Boar's Nest with Earnie Ledbetter.* At this point in the story B.L. interrupted Cooter "That don't surprise me so how come Lori's in jail if it was Luke that was fighting?" B.B. took over and told her......

B.L. looked at them confused"what did I miss?" B.B. looked at her and then at Cooter then L.B. Cooter shrugged L.B. done had her curiosity up now might as well tell her. L.B. continued having Cooter's consent even if it was rather reluctant. "Well sis cousin Lori's got herself arrested and so's Luke Duke." B.L. grins and shakes her head Lori always manages to find trouble but then she noticed noone else was amused. "What'd they do?" asked curiously

At the same time the conversation was going on at the garage about Bobbie Lee's coming in B.L. Davenport L.B.'s little sister was crossing the state line she'd been upto Nashville to see the Grand Ole Opry. A country tune played quietly on the radio and she hummed along wondering who would make it to the reunion and who wouldn't this year. "Wonder who's already there and who's in trouble for what?" said aloud to herself with a chuckle. Cooter kept looking at the clock on the wall B.L. was supposed to have been back already and yet she wasn't he swore he'd kill her if she was late or just didn't show up. "If she don't get here soon so help me I'll...." he trailed off muttering angrily. Just as Cooter's making his threats a silver 1970 GTO pulls up in front of the garage and out gets B.L. her long dark blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail. Walking into the garage silently the men not paying attention to her arrival announces herself. "Hey I made it" B.B. turns scooping her up in a big bear hug...... "Well I'll be doggone it's lil B.L. how ya been girl?" B.L. gasped for breath and answered "I'm ok, B.B. ya crushin' my gizzard" B.B put her down with a sheepish grin only for her to be scooped up in another bear hug and spun around this time from L.B. making her laugh. "Hey sis" "Hi bro" B.L. hugged him back.....

Ok I have a question, it's already been asked where Cooter, Dobro and Brody were stationed in 'One Armed Bandits' waiting for the fertilizer truck. Is it told where Bo and Luke are stationed and if so where?

I'm gonna take a stab at this one Roger Shady Lane and Judge Buford P. Potts

Lukefan 07 the answer is Duke of Duke